JALANDHAR: Deputy Commissioner-cum-District Elections Officer Ghanshyam Thori today while participating in a poll preparedness review meeting, said that district administration Jalandhar is all set for the smooth conduct of forthcoming assembly elections as all the necessary arrangements have already been put in place in this regard.
The DC said that on Poll day i.e. February 20, 2022, the polling will be held between 8am to 6 pm across all 1975 polling stations and requisite preparations have been finalized to ensure the conduct of this mammoth exercise smoothly. Giving more details, he said that the GPS monitoring was guaranteed of vehicles tasked with the transportation of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) to polling stations as GPS systems have already been fitted in as many as 746 vehicles.
Speaking on the arrangements made for PWD voters, the DC said that surplus arrangement of wheelchairs have been ensured with procurement of as many as 1335 wheelchairs for all 1163 polling locations. Likewise, Pick and Drop facilities would be provided to those PWD voters who have sought this assistance through PWD mobile app or BLOs, said DC.